All General aviation articles – Page 568
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Latest orders boost MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters has announced orders for 23 MD500/600 series and Explorer helicopters for European and Latin American government agencies and private operators. Dutch-owned MD Helicopters, recently sold by Boeing, plans to almost double its output of civil machines over the next two years. The Mesa, Arizona-based company says it ...
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Ireland blocks Ryan's plan for fixed base at military site
Gerry Byrne/DUBLIN Ireland's Minister for Defence has halted plans by Ryanair chairman Tony Ryan to establish a commercial fixed base operation (FBO)at the Irish Air Corps' Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, West Dublin. Ryan's company, Tara Aerospace, which is separate from the airline company, had planned to construct a business ...
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Batchelor remains firmly married to aviation industry
Mark Hannant He may be one of the oldest swingers in town but veteran pilot and aviation magnate George Batchelor has lost none of the drive that has underpinned his 62-year love affair with the flying business. Having first flown at the age of 16 while a student ...
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Airborne police
Enstrom Helicopters has supplied the Fresno police department in California with an F28F-P helicopter, expanding its law enforcement fleet to three. Fresno's airborne unit began life via an unusual, community-wide fundraising effort. Residents launched a campaign to raise enough money to pay for an initial aircraft, under the ...
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Proteus takes delivery of another Agusta helicopter
French helicopter operator Proteus yesterday took delivery of an Agusta A109 Power and lodged options for four more aircraft with the Italian manufacturer. Proteus already operates a fleet of four A109s from several bases in France and intends to use this aircraft in an EMS role. Agusta says its ...
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Il-96 marks a first with US certification
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter has become the first Russian commercial transport to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification, clearing the way for deliveries to begin to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines. The four-engined widebody, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337s and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, won Federal ...
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French carrier signs for freight TBM700
Socata has signed a deal with French airline Air Open Sky under which the carrier will lease a freighter version of the TBM700 turbine single for trials leading to an order for up to five aircraft. A similar deal is being negotiated with Swedish cargo carrier Air West Sweden. ...
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Bell ponders launch of improved 412+
Paul Derby Bell Helicopter is still pondering whether it makes sense to launch an improved Model 412+ helicopter and says it will announce its plans by the end of the year. If the go-ahead is given, the project would be a Bell Agusta-driven programme, adding to the BA609 ...
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Be-200 has Paris debut
The Beriev Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian is on display at Paris for the first time. The aircraft made its maiden flight last September from the Irkutsk Aviation Production Organisation factory on Siberia. Offered in firefighting, passenger, search and rescue, and air ambulance configurations, the Be-200 is expected to make its first ...
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Cirrus SR20 training
Cirrus Design's single-engined SR20 is due for first delivery by the end of the month. Seven aircraft are in the final assembly process at the company's Duluth, Minnesota base. Cirrus will offer a two-day transition-training course for all SR20 customers through its authorised flight training, which will cover aircraft, systems, ...
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Armour coated
Comtas is targeting the aviation industry with its armour parts, designed to protect electronic equipment, pilot seats and other sensitive areas of the aircraft. The composition of the material used by the company is a closely guarded secret but has already proved successful in the automotive field. More ...
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Complemntary business addition
Montreal's Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group has added operator Air Atlantic to its portfolio. Based in Newfoundland, Air Atlantic operated a regional airline until October last year. Since then it has begun specialising in maintenance, service, parts supply and aircraft leasing. At present it has third-party maintenance contracts for several ...
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Japanese Piper
Osaka Aviation has been appointed authorised distributor of New Piper Aircraft products in Japan, and will provide customer service to new and existing Piper owners. The company will also handle new aircraft sales, provide technical assistance, perform warranty work and supply spare parts. Founded in 1968 as a ...
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EH sales target
EH Industries is aiming to boost sales of its EH101 Heliliner, the civil variant of the Anglo-Italian medium lift helicopter, following successful completion of a trial with operator British International Helicopters (Brintel). Just one civil version has been delivered so far, to Japan's Tokyo police, compared with almost 100 ...
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Falcon owners offered retrofit option
Owners and operators of Dassault Falcon 50 business jets are being offered an engine retrofit option that is claimed to substantially reduce time-to-climb and cruise speeds. AlliedSignal Aerospace is offering to retrofit TFE731-40 engines on an exchange basis for the existing TFE731-3 powerplants currently found on around 250 ...
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Heliport shortage cramps manufacturers' style
Paul Derby With industry analysts predicting a surge of growth for the helicopter fractional ownership market, manufacturers and operators have a tricky problem to grapple with - where exactly do they take off and land? The issue of infrastructure is one that has been perplexing not just potential ...
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FAA hotline for counterfeit product reports
Tamzin Hindmarch The US Federal Aviation Administration has set up a free hotline for people wishing to report suspected unapproved aircraft parts. Such products may look the same, but if they do not comply with FAA standards they may not be of the same high quality or be ...
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Lockheed Martin's watching brief
Geoff Thomas A Lockheed Martin symposium entitled 'How to Watch an Air Show' proved an interesting diversion at Le Bourget yesterday. Somewhat surprisingly, it didn't advise attendees to stand with feet slightly apart, head tilted back and eyes wide open. What it did do was to provide a ...
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Grenade attack in Guyana
A rocket-propelled grenade rocked a shop owned by a supporter of Guyana's leader Janet Jagan, whose presidency has been shaken by seven weeks of labour unrest. Another grenade was hurled at a newspaper office. Police and army troops blocked main coastal roads in Georgetown, Guyana's capital, for several hours ...
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Jean-Loup and Nigel, the voices of Paris 99
Andrew Douse Meet the men who talk you through the daily flying display - Nigel Stevens and Jean-Loup Cardey. It's their job to provide the running commentary on the flight presentation for 4h every afternoon. More than 70 aircraft are expected to grace the sky above Le Bourget ...